Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$848.14
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,311.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$269.54 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,821.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $269.54 | ↓ -68% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $623.97 | ↓ -26% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $623.97 | ↓ -26% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +18% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +18% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +18% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +18% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,104.23 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,104.24 | ↑ +30% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,271.05 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,365.24 | ↑ +61% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,502.15 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,617.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,756.36 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,825.69 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,871.91 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,287.89 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,311.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,311.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,311.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +243% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $4,511.00 | ↑ +432% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +487% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,261.00 | ↑ +520% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +523% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +557% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +583% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +615% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,300.00 | ↑ +643% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +822% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $857.39 | $623.97 – $1,848.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $811.62 | $500.31 – $1,859.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,009.01 | $694.98 – $2,522.52 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,836.95 | $1,008.25 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,372.77 | $952.80 – $4,820.76 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,005.72 | $1,090.80 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,648.96 | $857.02 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,874.98 | $277.71 – $2,361.80 |